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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

New Jersey Devils 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD2121515422
FLA07113016136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 3:50NJDAlexander HoltzAssists: Simon Nemec, Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:45NJDJesper BrattGWGAssists: Michael McLeod · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:51NJDErik HaulaAssists: Nico Hischier · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:27FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:41NJDJohn MarinoENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 17:32NJDColin Miller: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P3 8:30FLACarter Verhaeghe: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 11:36FLAAleksander Barkov: Holding2 min
  4. P3 14:27NJDKevin Bahl: Holding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDFLA
22Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals3.1
43Shot attempts80
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits30
21Blocked shots10
6Giveaways10
2Takeaways3

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestTierney – Lazar – Holtz8:31

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Willman – Bastian – Bowers5:49

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Toffoli – Bratt – McLeod12:01

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Hischier – Mercer13:05

    xG 0.07–0.75 (8%)attempts 4–20goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Nemec13:26

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Bahl11:40

    xG 0.34–0.65 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Marino – Hughes16:46

    xG 0.35–0.70 (34%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues13:27

    xG 0.74–0.22 (77%)attempts 26–7goals 0–2

  2. Stenlund – Lockwood – Gadjovich5:52

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Lomberg – Luostarinen – Lundell8:21

    xG 0.12–0.01 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk12:46

    xG 0.59–0.81 (42%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling19:37

    xG 1.18–0.22 (84%)attempts 35–7goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov11:28

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

  3. Montour – Mikkola12:24

    xG 0.26–0.50 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

FLA 3.1 xGNJD 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLANJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1027 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 52% of the time.

FLA winsNJD wins

Simulated goal difference (FLA − NJD), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).